Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for split (up)
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Meanwhile, the headphones, meant to unify the audience in a shared soundscape, instead isolate viewers into their glowing silos, which feels like an ironic choice for a show supposedly about communal grief.—
David Hochman,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025 -
The procedure typically begins with local anesthesia and placement of a rubber dam to isolate the tooth.—
Daryl Austin,
USA Today,
13 Sep. 2025
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At the time, Miami Beach was segregated, but Black patrons were welcome at the Hampton House in Brownsville, Miami’s thriving Black neighborhood.—
Mariette Williams,
AFAR Media,
9 Sep. 2025
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Juvenile inmates are segregated from the adult jail population, Moyer said.—
Perry Vandell,
AZCentral.com,
4 Sep. 2025
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Moments of romantic play give way to flashes of authoritarian force, broken up by thumping EDM.—
David Hochman,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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Luis Arraez broke up Gordon’s run with a single to start the seventh and a walk to Machado ended his night.—
Jeff Sanders,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 Sep. 2025
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Rain drizzled down most of the day Friday and into the early evening, but before sunset, as Kansas City shredder Samantha Fish was unleashing on guitar, the clouds parted to make way for a vibrant, double rainbow that arched over the entire box canyon.—
Tiney Ricciardi,
Denver Post,
16 Sep. 2025
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Her hair was parted down the middle in loose waves.—
Ingrid Vasquez,
PEOPLE,
16 Sep. 2025
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The women’s orchestra, separated from their fellow inmates in a special block, was required by their Nazi overseers to play jaunty marches every morning and evening so that other female prisoners kept in step as they were sent to work outside the camp.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 Sep. 2025
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The Tamsui River is a major waterway and estuary in northern Taiwan that flows into the Taiwan Strait, the channel separating Taiwan from mainland China.—
Amira El-Fekki,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Sep. 2025
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“Split (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/split%20%28up%29. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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